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A review of Intersectionality by Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma Bilge. Flatiron Books (April 2016) 260 pages. With Intersectionality, Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma Bilge have provided a handy explanation of the theory’s foundational concepts. In accessible language they sketch the history of intersectional thought, provide helpful definitions of its concepts, explain the main debates within intersectionality to outsiders, and competently elucidate the topics with which intersectional theorists are preoccupied. So, as primer on a currently fashionable branch of academic theory, Intersectionality is quite useful. But if their book is pedagogically valuable, it is substantively objectionable. Perhaps the most striking aspect of intersectional theory is the extent to which it has become a totalizing ideology. Many commentators—critics and sympathizers alike—have often failed to appreciate this. Intersectionality is not just a branch of feminism, a means by which to advance women’s interests, or an analysis of matters of social concern. It is an all-encompassing philosophy that advances a unique politics, metaphysics, aesthetics, and epistemology, as well as its own (rather bizarre) interpretation of history. It is effectively a secular religion.1 The …

Among those asked for input on document was non-profit director who channeled NIH grant funds to Wuhan Institute of Virology to study "emergence potential" of coronaviruses — and later served on WHO team that rejected theory that SARS-Cov-2 escaped from lab.

Billionaire Elon Musk tweeted "defund NPR" on Wednesday after the news organization announced it would no longer be using Twitter over "credibility" concerns.

Multiple members of the White House have now stated that President Trump wants to look to Democrats rather than conservatives to fill in policy support. Press Secretary Sean Spicer informed the media on Monday that Trump “has received a number of calls, as well as other members of the senior staff that have been working on healthcare, from members of both sides saying that they would like to come together, offer up ideas and have suggestions about how to come to resolution on this and get to a House vote on this.”

On Monday night President Trump spoke to around 10,000 supporters in El Paso, Texas. President Trump told the arena audience that 69,000 people signed up for the rally. The arena was packed to capacity. Beto “Bobby” O’Rourke held a counter protest Monday in El Paso not far from the Trump rally. .@BetoORourke leading a march …

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's explicit song WAP came under fire from Tucker Carlson on Monday night and an anti-pornography group who said the scene belonged in a porn film than on stage.

"Full House" star Bob Saget died from head trauma, according to his family. Saget was found dead in his Orlando hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton on Jan. 9, 2022, just hours after posting on Twitter about a show he had performed in Jacksonville. Authorities confirmed that no foul play was suspected at the time.

Public schools would teach children as young as 12 about abortion as part of the middle and high school sex education curriculum, give them a list of abortion businesses, and inculcate an attitude of “inclusivity and support in conversations surrounding abortion,” if a new bill passes the California legislature. The legislation is one of 17 […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters Thursday that President Trump was “very apologetic” after promoting Jeanine Pirro’s show hours before the Fox News host opened with a call for Ryan to resign for failing to deliver on repeal and replacement of Obamacare. Nevertheless, the House speaker has been under fire since long before Trump’s inauguration. […]

‘It’s outrageous that the FEC has sat around and done nothing—especially with such a detailed, comprehensive paper trail handed to them.'

As antifa militants set up a CHAZ rogue state in Seattle, Jay Inslee and Mayor Jenny Durkan have dubbed it "patriotism" and condemned Trump's law and order.

A Milwaukee County judge was arrested on tentative charges of possession of child pornography.

Biden called NBC journalist Lester Holt a “wise guy” when the veteran TV anchor pointed out that Biden erroneously said high inflation would be temporary last summer.

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The Labor Department is proposing a rule that would raise the salary threshold for overtime eligibility to $35,308 from the current $23,660 a year, potentially expanding the pool of covered employees by 1.3 million.

An upstate woman and two Brooklyn lawyers were indicted Friday on federal explosives and arson charges for allegedly tossing Molotov cocktails at NYPD vehicles during George Floyd protests in New Y…

On Wednesday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends," Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said that the governors who followed New York Gov. | Clips

It’s becoming clearer that on COVID-19 the Democrats are prioritizing science. Political science. Just as the gallows concentrate the mind, in

If you aren't even willing to face down Disney, you aren't going to defeat the deep state.

The White House pushed back against online conspiracy theories that ABC's "The View" amplified on Monday, saying that the left-leaning show's baseless attacks on Melania Trump as she tried to comfort families who lost loved ones in Alabama during a tornado were "disgusting."

The "white allies" inside of CHAZ have been taken for a ride. These people are not their friends.

President Joe Biden referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as "President Harris" during a White House speech on Thursday about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil found the subpoena was issued with a “valid legislative purpose” and that it was not the role of the federal judiciary to dictate how Congress operates.

Sweden’s Justice Minister has rejected Erik Nord’s call to deport Islamic State-supporting migrants, and demanded the police chief “explain himself”.

A controversy surrounding the surreal question of whether Vice President Mike Pence is “a decent guy” signals the next round of liberal culture shaming that has the potential to galvanize...